The Politics of Boris Johnson's Inquiry

I'm sure there will be a lot of nervousness among some of them that this idea that all of their messages are handed over is an envision of privacy. And I think the government said last night that they really do want to find a solution before this court case kicks off. In those 150 questions that we saw yesterday, just 150, there were a lot of points at which eyebrows will have been raised. The Conservatives' political risk in this is that the timeline having been released a few days ago probably is in their favour. Some of the more problematic hearings we'll see around COVID contracts aren't expected to be until after the next election in 2025 or so.